Ali Usman's Five Cannot Halt England's 195-Run Lead At Headingley

England closed the second day of the first Test at Headingley on 366 for 8, a lead of 195 over Pakistan. Harry Brook fell nine short of a hundred. Ali Usman took the first five-wicket haul of his Test career. Play resumes on Friday with England eight wickets down and Pakistan facing a second innings they must bat long to survive.

The groundwork was laid on Wednesday. Joe Root won the toss and bowled, and Pakistan were out for 171. Root is back as England captain for a second spell, following Ben Stokes' international retirement. Pakistan arrived expecting to compete in this series. Two sessions of batting at Headingley have left them a long way behind it.

Robinson and Tongue break Pakistan

Ollie Robinson took 5 for 51. Josh Tongue took 5 for 46. Pakistan were dismissed inside a day. Cricket Australia's match report notes that Tongue is in his 13th Test and that this was his fourth five-wicket haul. Robinson trapped Azan Awais lbw with the opening delivery of the series. No wicket had fallen to the first ball of an England Test series since 1880. Pakistan never recovered from the start.

Abdullah Shafique made 61, the top score of the innings. Imam-ul-Haq made 42. Nobody else passed 20, and nobody else looked settled. There was seam movement on offer for the bowlers who found it. By the time England batted, the surface was far from unplayable.

England's reply, and Brook nine short

Jordan Cox made 73 at number three. Root made 66 before falling lbw to Khurram Shahzad. Their stand was worth 150 and it took the game away from Pakistan. Dan Lawrence made 51 and the total kept climbing. Brook batted in the week the ICC confirmed he had returned to the top of the Men's Test batting rankings. He got to 91. Usman bowled him, nine short of the hundred.

• Harry Brook 91, bowled Usman
• Jordan Cox 73, at number three
• Joe Root 66, lbw Khurram Shahzad
• Dan Lawrence 51

Usman's five, and the runs Pakistan gave away

Usman finished with 5 for 92. ESPNcricinfo reports it as the first five-wicket haul by a visiting spinner at Headingley since 1972. He is a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy bowler who came through with Pakistan International Airlines and has done his heaviest work for Multan. It has taken him until now to take five in an innings at this level. He was unsparing about the rest of it.

"Our bowling was not up to standard today, including myself," Usman said. "I took five wickets but we've given away too many runs as a bowling unit. I wanted to bowl within the stumps. If they got even a bit of room, they were scoring runs."

The fielding compounded it. Catches went down. Cricket Australia described Pakistan's ground fielding and catching as loose, with dropped chances feeding England's total. That is the part Pakistan can fix without changing a single player.

The surface, and the shape of day three

Pakistan trail by 195 with an innings in hand. The deficit reads worse than the pitch may play. Usman's reading of it is the most useful forecast on offer, and it points away from the seamers who ran through Pakistan on day one.

"Today, when I started bowling, it felt like the ball was gripping," he said. "It made me think there was something in it for the spinner. I think day by day the wicket is slowing down, and on the next three days it's going to take a lot more turn."

If he is right, England's lead is worth less than the scoreboard says. A fourth-innings target at Headingley on a turning surface is a different job to one on a fresh seaming pitch. Pakistan's second innings then becomes a matter of occupation rather than strokeplay. Shafique and Imam would need to bat into the fourth day to make the pitch work for Usman instead of against them. England resume on Friday with Jamie Smith and Jofra Archer at the crease.